This collection holds 94 zeal quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Theodore Roosevelt, Alexander Pope and William Hazlitt.

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My hat is in the ring.

I have more zeal than wit.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.

Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Too much zeal offends where indirection works.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

The frenzy of nations is the statesmanship of fate.

Zeal is ever the buckler and shield of a true soldier.

We are often moved with passion and think it to be zeal.

The zeal of atheists is the most admirable thing about them.

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.

Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.

The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.

Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.

When commerce with Moslems flourished, zeal for their massacre declined.

Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal.

No one can display or can cultivate a fervent zeal in the mere repetition of a form.

The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

Our zeal is always guided by charity. Everything is done with strength and gentleness.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.

I work with the same dedication and zeal in all my projects, but 'Raees' is very special.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.

There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.

The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.

Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not.

The resilience, tenacity and zeal of our valiant air warriors is a source of pride for every Indian.

Zeal is not of necessity religion, neither is it always of the same essence with poetry or patriotism.

We didn't move here so I could save American democracy. But I've embraced it with the zeal of a convert.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

I happen to love Chase Daniel. I love his competitive zeal, how smart he is, how knowledgeable he is about the game.

Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.

Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

In their ideological zeal, the feminists of the illiberal left don't seem to realize how they've given feminism a bad name.

Nothing hath wrought more prejudice to religion, or brought more disparagement upon truth, than boisterous and unseasonable zeal.

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